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Recent Examples of Synonyms for officinal
medicinal
Adjective
  • Instead, horehound candy tastes distinctly bittersweet and almost medicinal, due to its herby main ingredient that gets only slightly jazzed up with sugar or molasses.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
  • Caligula was also convinced that his own father, Germanicus, died from poisoning, a belief that may have encouraged him to study medicinal plants in order to avoid the same fate.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
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“Officinal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officinal. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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